Foreign investors have reported that there is a lack of transparency of bureaucratic procedures for public procurement.

Uzbekistan is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II). In fact, Uzbekistan is not a member of the WTO.

Annex 2 of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 41 bans import of 529 categories of goods and certain services through public procurement processes. The list currently includes household electrical appliances.

Kyrgyz Republic has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Kyrgyz Republic has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Kyrgyz Republic lacks a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that applies to online transactions.

Kyrgyz Republic has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 232.

Art. 15 of Law on Licensing System in the Kyrgyz Republic outlines that licenses are required for certain activities and operations specified by law including the following:
- Foreign currency exchange services;
- Payment intermediary services using IT-based and electronic payment systems;
- Acceptance, processing, and issuance of financial information (processing and clearing services) relating to payments and settlements between third parties and participants of the payment system of a given processing or clearing center.

According to Art. 14 of Law No. 31, a certification is required for communication equipment. The certificate should be issued in accordance with the country's requirements on standardization and certification. According to Art. 27 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 67 about Technical Regulation, tests for certification of conformity have to be carried out by accredited testing laboratories and companies need to submit their equipment for testing to the regulator or its delegated entity. Yet, it is reported third-party certification from Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) that are recognised by the regulator are accepted. The Kyrgyz Centre of Accreditation (KCA) under the Ministry of Economy performs accreditation of certificated bodies and testing laboratories. It is reported that in October 2013, the Kyrgyz Republic joined the multilateral Agreement on Mutual Recognition of International Cooperation on Laboratory Accreditation (ILAC) and became a full member of ILAC with respect to accreditation of testing laboratories according to international standard ISO/IEC 17025.

Art. 15.13 of the Law on Licensing-Permitting System of the Kyrgyz Republic establishes that licenses are required for activities related to data transfers, including the identification, authenticity of the international unique identification code of mobile communication devices and devices used for data transmission operating and imported into the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

It is reported that the Law on Protection from Inaccurate (False) Information has been abused to block commercial web content. Art. 3 of the this law enables individuals or companies to file a complaint about false or defamatory information to a unit in the Ministry of Culture, which has two days to respond to these complaints. If the content meets the criteria, websites or social media platforms must remove it within 24 hours. If the content is not removed, the individual or company who filed the complaint can then request the suspension of the website or the social media account that posted the information. The department can then issue a request to the ISPs to shut down the website or webpage for a period of up to two months. As of May 2023, 459 websites are reported to be blocked, similar to 2022. However, there was an increase in the number of blocked websites from 2021, when 77 were reportedly blocked. Some of the websites being blocked are media outlets including 24.kg, Res Publica, and Radio Azattyk’s website.

It is reported that there is a mandatory requirement for all advertisements to be in the Kyrgyz language. Due to the widespread use of the Russian language, however, companies usually advertise in both languages.

According to Art. 5.2 of the Law about Protection from Inaccurate (False) Information, ISPs, mobile operators, and owners of public Wi-Fi hotspots are required to identify their subscribers.